Nagpur: Angry over failure in repair of municipal corporation and government agencies pit on all the streets, Non government organization Jan Manch reminds them of the stringent orders passed Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on 16 October 2019, and appealed to implement them.
The Jan Manch activists alleged that most roads in the city, except for concrete, have formed pothole-sized potholes due to incessant rains, mainly due to substandard material used by the contractors. civil and government agencies such as the Public Works Department (PWD), Mahametro, And chewingHe, among others, has failed to repair the roads in his jurisdiction.
Taking cognizance of TOI’s report on the deaths due to potholes in September 2019, the then Division Bench comprising Justices Zaka Haque (now retired) and Pushpa Ganediwala, had suo motu treated the issue as a PIL and Nagpur Nagar The notice was issued to the then commissioner of the Corporation (NMC). Abhijit Bangar and the then Commissioner of Police (CP) Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay. In a series of reports, TOI also highlighted how several new cement roads had developed cracks in just a year. These include Ring Road, a section of the Eastern High Court from Alankar Square, Great Nag Road and others.
While framing a mechanism for citizens to register complaints about potholes in their areas through social media, the bench had directed both the authorities to redress them within 10 days, failing which the police would investigate the matter. .
Jan Manch’s appeal comes after it was clarified in the general body meeting of the NMC that the NMC is not in a position to fix all the potholes before the end of December. It was also pointed out that till September only 20% of the allocated amount for the work was spent by the civic body, due to which the roads were potholed.
Appointing Raheel Mirza as amicus curiae to draft the case, Justice Haque had sought detailed information from the NMC and the police chief on the action taken against the subordinates for negligence. He also sought to know about the number of offenses registered against civil officials and police in cases related to accidents caused by potholes and the action taken against them. Later, an intervention was filed by advocate Anil Kumar explaining how certain complaints made to the civic authorities through social media were not taken care of.
Following the HC’s condemnation, the police came out with a mechanism for citizens to register complaints by sending an e-mail to dcptrafficnagpur@gmail.com, or a tweet at @trafficngp and via WhatsApp on 9011387100. Similarly, NMC also activated the same mechanism on social media. Email to ngppotholescomplaints@gmail.com, Twitter link – https://twitter.com/ngpnmc and Facebook link – http://m.facebook.com/nmcngp-like platforms.
The civic body had also informed the HC on October 16, 2019 that it is in the process of developing a mobile application and hosting it on the Android platform, which will facilitate the registration of complaints about potholes immediately. Jan Manch claimed that the app was never launched and NMC has also stopped receiving complaints.
Where to file a pit complaint
* Send e-mail to dcptrafficnagpur@gmail.com
* Tweet at @trafficngp – https://twitter.com/ngpnmc
* WhatsApp on 9011387100
* On Facebook – http://m.facebook.com/nmcngp
(*As informed by NMC to High Court in 2019)
The Jan Manch activists alleged that most roads in the city, except for concrete, have formed pothole-sized potholes due to incessant rains, mainly due to substandard material used by the contractors. civil and government agencies such as the Public Works Department (PWD), Mahametro, And chewingHe, among others, has failed to repair the roads in his jurisdiction.
Taking cognizance of TOI’s report on the deaths due to potholes in September 2019, the then Division Bench comprising Justices Zaka Haque (now retired) and Pushpa Ganediwala, had suo motu treated the issue as a PIL and Nagpur Nagar The notice was issued to the then commissioner of the Corporation (NMC). Abhijit Bangar and the then Commissioner of Police (CP) Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay. In a series of reports, TOI also highlighted how several new cement roads had developed cracks in just a year. These include Ring Road, a section of the Eastern High Court from Alankar Square, Great Nag Road and others.
While framing a mechanism for citizens to register complaints about potholes in their areas through social media, the bench had directed both the authorities to redress them within 10 days, failing which the police would investigate the matter. .
Jan Manch’s appeal comes after it was clarified in the general body meeting of the NMC that the NMC is not in a position to fix all the potholes before the end of December. It was also pointed out that till September only 20% of the allocated amount for the work was spent by the civic body, due to which the roads were potholed.
Appointing Raheel Mirza as amicus curiae to draft the case, Justice Haque had sought detailed information from the NMC and the police chief on the action taken against the subordinates for negligence. He also sought to know about the number of offenses registered against civil officials and police in cases related to accidents caused by potholes and the action taken against them. Later, an intervention was filed by advocate Anil Kumar explaining how certain complaints made to the civic authorities through social media were not taken care of.
Following the HC’s condemnation, the police came out with a mechanism for citizens to register complaints by sending an e-mail to dcptrafficnagpur@gmail.com, or a tweet at @trafficngp and via WhatsApp on 9011387100. Similarly, NMC also activated the same mechanism on social media. Email to ngppotholescomplaints@gmail.com, Twitter link – https://twitter.com/ngpnmc and Facebook link – http://m.facebook.com/nmcngp-like platforms.
The civic body had also informed the HC on October 16, 2019 that it is in the process of developing a mobile application and hosting it on the Android platform, which will facilitate the registration of complaints about potholes immediately. Jan Manch claimed that the app was never launched and NMC has also stopped receiving complaints.
Where to file a pit complaint
* Send e-mail to dcptrafficnagpur@gmail.com
* Tweet at @trafficngp – https://twitter.com/ngpnmc
* WhatsApp on 9011387100
* On Facebook – http://m.facebook.com/nmcngp
(*As informed by NMC to High Court in 2019)
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